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Early Modern Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Although told several times, the story of the development by Henning Ruben of the prototypical modern manual resuscitator, the self-refilling bag with unidirectional non-rebreathing valves which now dominate the world of resuscitation, is still not well-known. Czech Military resuscitation kit, 1969, mfr.

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Emergency Medicine Case Study on Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity

AENJ: Current Issue

The purpose of this case study on local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST), a potentially life-threatening complication of local anesthetic, is to ensure that emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) are knowledgeable on this disease process. They should be knowledgeable of the steps to resuscitate a patient who may have severe LAST.

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The Pause- a recognition of a life

Don't Forget the Bubbles

In most Emergency Departments, staff are allotted little of that scarce resource, time, to begin processing what has just occurred. These unprocessed emotions can lead to vicarious trauma , especially in resuscitation providers. Definitive emotional support is critical to our emotional and psychological well-being. Spencer, S.A.

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Erratum in Mouth-to-Airway [adjunct]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

The reference that I had ordered arrived well after the posting. Emergency Airway, Ventilation, and Cardiac Resuscitation Anesth Prog. In the last blog entry, I expressed my belief that the Venti-Breather® was perhaps the commercial version of the Roswell Park Rescue Breathing Mask (sic) designed by James O. I was wrong.

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Boating trauma

EM SIM Cases

JoAnne is a nurse (background in emergency nursing) and one of the Sim Knowledge Coordinators based at the Pritchard Simulation Centre in Kelowna, BC. JoAnne has her master of nursing degree and nurse practitioner designation and is passionate about all things sim!

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Mouth-to-Airway (adjunct)

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

It is a curious paradox of history that Nerve Gas was the product of agricultural research by the burgeoning chemical industry in Germany in the latter 19 th and early 20 th centuries, and that modern understanding of resuscitation came from WWII military investigations (Edgar A. Let's look at the early expired air resuscitation adjuncts!

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Time, the subtle thief of youth

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

" Having a " Take Your Daughter To Work Day " conveys little, and necessarily is as sanitized beyond recognition as the silly 'medical' and 'emergency' dramas on television. " Pulmonary compliance was so poor that I gave up the BVM to instead give oxygen -enriched mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.